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Undergraduate – Overview

Sport Management is any combination of skills related to planning, organizing, directing, controlling,
budgeting, leading, and evaluating within the context of any organizational entity whose primary product
or service is related to sport and/or physical activity.

There are basically two types of sport organizations — private and public. The private organizations
are divided into two camps — for-profit and not-for-profit. The for-profit include such organizations as
professional sport teams, and commercial health, fitness, racquet, and golf clubs. The not-for-profit
entities are yacht clubs, tennis clubs, golf clubs, swim clubs, etc. The public entities fall into two
groups — official and voluntary. The official public entities are tax supported and financially managed
by federal, state, or local governments. Whereas the voluntary organizations are not affiliated with
the government and do not receive any tax support, such as YM and YWCAs, Boys and Girls clubs, and
wellness centers.